Name: Albany Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550lbs sold mostly steady with feeder heifers over 550lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.17/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −92.47 against this barn's trailing median of $409.64.

Average price

$317.17

50 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$48.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.55

vs KY average

−4.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	322.34	1,783	41
Medium and Large 2	543	299.30	1,624	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	273.75	1,499	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.59/cwt here — about $284 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.28, low $357.45, median $409.64 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

317.17

—

KY average26 barns · 1,531 hd

307.62

+9.55

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−4.21

This barn, trailing median32 sales

409.64

−92.47

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,856	166.58	3,091	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	139.79	2,120	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	133.05	1,636	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	115.19	1,161	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,138	200.77	2,285	2thin

Every lot, as filed

92 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	360.05/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,851	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	383.73/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,612	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	335.62/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,953	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,569	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	362.45/cwt	357.50–372.50	1,758	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	347.16/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,625	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	344.13/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,442	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	302.34/cwt	297.50–307.50	2,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	361	483.14/cwt	480.00–487.50	1,744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	291.26/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	361.77/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	322.76/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,694	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,970	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	325.82/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,564	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	322.07/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,839	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	416	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	281.25/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,856	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	650–700	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	378.61/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,980	4
Steers	Large 1-2	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,778	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	330.74/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,094	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	351.08/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,977	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	390.68/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,875	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	455.26/cwt	445.00–462.50	1,721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	414.89/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,165	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	354.59/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,975	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	311.23/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,911	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	432.80/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,026	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,138	200.77/cwt	199.00–202.50	2,285	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,023	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,026	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	119.32/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,239	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,073	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	132.45/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,568	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,439	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,055	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	141.18/cwt	139.00–143.00	2,153	2
Bulls	—	—	1,595	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,712	1
Bulls	—	—	1,921	165.72/cwt	163.00–168.00	3,183	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,183	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	390	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	366.82/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	333.77/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	401.19/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,697	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	356.55/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,651	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	335.66/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,262	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,226	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	329	325.73/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,072	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	357.70/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,899	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	339.22/cwt	337.50–340.00	977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,860	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	250–300	270	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	321.87/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,967	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	360.04/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	288.47/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	307.43/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	231.66/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,899	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	481	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	333.57/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,428	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	338.82/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,155	12

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards - Albany, KY

Wed Apr 2, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 434Last week 422Year ago 563

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 43Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	470.00	470.00
5	300–350	332	472.50	472.50
4	350–400	378	445.00–462.50	455.26
5	400–450	404	440.00	440.00
7	450–500	480	385.00–400.00	390.68
22	500–550	514	350.00–364.00	360.05
7	550–600	563	345.00–355.00	351.08
13	600–650	633	325.00–333.00	330.74
4	650–700	661	327.50	327.50
3	700–750	706	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	480.00–487.50	483.14
1	550–600	555	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	400.00	400.00
1	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
4	350–400	376	410.00–427.50	414.89
15	400–450	420	380.00–397.50	383.73
1	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
4	550–600	582	330.00–337.50	335.62
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	676	297.50–307.50	302.34
1	700–750	710	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	397.50	397.50
1	400–450	440	342.50	342.50
4	450–500	485	357.50–372.50	362.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	523	370.00–390.00	378.61
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	870	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	357.50–362.50	360.04
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	362	360.00–365.00	361.77
13	400–450	419	340.00–352.50	344.13
14	450–500	468	337.50–352.50	347.16
16	500–550	525	317.50–335.00	322.76
25	550–600	571	317.50–325.00	322.07
4	600–650	626	280.00–295.00	291.26
2	650–700	660	275.00–287.50	281.25
9	700–750	722	263.00	263.00
2	1000–1050	1,005	199.00	199.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	337.50–340.00	339.22
12	300–350	341	337.50–350.00	338.82
8	350–400	376	330.00–345.00	335.66
18	400–450	428	327.50–337.50	333.57
18	450–500	480	317.50–332.50	325.82
4	500–550	520	300.00–310.00	307.43
3	550–600	573	280.00–295.00	288.47
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	733	230.00–235.00	231.66
1	850–900	855	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	362.50	362.50
3	450–500	481	357.50	357.50
10	600–650	611	307.50–325.00	321.87
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	675	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	320.00–327.50	325.73
1	350–400	380	322.50	322.50
3	450–500	480	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	505	272.50	272.50
1	550–600	590	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	695	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
5	350–400	389	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	435	360.00–377.50	366.82
8	450–500	463	350.00–370.00	356.55
2	500–550	542	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	560	332.50–335.00	333.77
1	600–650	600	291.00	291.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	450.00	450.00
2	250–300	285	415.00	415.00
1	300–350	335	447.50	447.50
4	350–400	376	420.00–445.00	432.80
9	400–450	423	395.00–417.50	401.19
9	500–550	531	350.00–365.00	357.70
7	550–600	557	345.00–362.50	354.59
4	600–650	614	302.50–317.50	311.23
1	650–700	680	292.50	292.50
2	700–750	730	277.50	277.50
1	750–800	795	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	372.50	372.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	199.00–202.50	200.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	140.00–141.00	140.49
8	—	1,184	127.00–137.00	132.45
1	—	1,170	123.00	123.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	108.00	108.00
3	—	1,038	118.00–120.00	119.32
1	—	975	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	137.00	137.00
2	—	1,525	139.00–143.00	141.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,921	163.00–168.00	165.72

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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